danza1812 Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) I haven't posted on here for a while so wanted to share a few images of my latest build. I'm currently the proud owner of a gen smp ceramic. I decided I wanted another watch to wear as an alternative and when I spotted a gen PO dial and hands at a giveaway price I couldn't resist. So I went to build yet another Franken PO (I've done a few now!) this one would be a keeper but I wanted to see if I could make a watch I'm happy with for a price I'm happy with as gen omega parts seem so much more expensive than they did 5-6 years ago. Here's the dial and hands; Then I needed a donor watch. I decided to go with the lmpo, it comes with a 2824 movement, decent crystal, crown and correct placed he valve so out of the box seemed a very accurate base to start. So out with the old and in with the new, I sold off the bezel, dial and bracelet to offset the costs, this is a budget Franken after all. I did the dial and hand swap myself. Even though I got a gen eta dw, I didn't want to risk messing up the movement or having to send it off for 4 months so decided (for now) to keep the lmpo dw even though it has silver font, hopefully only I will likely ever know the difference. I then won a gen bezel for a great price on eBay but it appears the greedy [censored] bag of a seller had been given a better offer offline so pretended he had lost the bezel as soon as the auction finished and he saw he hadn't got as much as his private offer. Anyway I did some research and found a v5 bezel with orange insert and modified pearl over on rwi. I scoured the web for the best aftermarket black insert and went with clarkes, super fast delivery I filed the hole a little larger, used the nodded pearl and bezel from the v5, ditched the orange insert and am pretty happy with the result for a fraction of the price of a gen. I have always been fussy about omega pearls and bezels and will keep my eye out for another gen, but for now very passable! Here it is on nato: finally, the nato didn't quite do the watch justice, I wanted a solid gen feeling beater of a watch. so this last week I have managed to source a barely used gen rubber strap and kept the price very reasonable for the complex project. Here she is; total price £260 all in. Considering the price of a gen dial and rubber strap and a lmpo I'm pretty happy with myself. 90% gen looking for 10% of a gen price - can't say fairer than that! i would love to finish it off with a gen bezel, proper dw, v5 or gen caseback and a new unfaded second hand but these aren't essential just yet. Let me know what you think. Edited February 21, 2016 by danza1812 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans1974 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 I think: wow, really nice job sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danza1812 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 A few daytime shots; 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Looks very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterblender23 Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Just amazing! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danza1812 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) Updated the faded second hand to a new one... Edited March 10, 2016 by danza1812 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted April 8, 2016 Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 I'm very impressed by that and even more so at the cost. Well done Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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